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an unseemly matter, he must reprimand him, is derived. “And Hannah answered and she said no, my master, I am a woman of sorrowful spirit, and I have drunk neither wine nor liquor, but I pour out my soul before YHWH” (I Samuel 1:15). Regarding the words: “No, my master,” Ulla, and some say R' Yosei
Some say another version of her response. She said to him, questioning: Aren’t you a master? Aren’t the Shekhina and Holy Spirit with you that you judged me to be guilty, and you did not judge me to be innocent? Didn’t you know that I am a woman of distressed spirit?
With regard to Hannah’s explanation that “I have drunk neither wine nor liquor,” R' Elazar said: From here the halakha is derived that one who is suspected of something of which he is not guilty cannot suffice merely with the personal knowledge of his innocence, but must inform the one who suspects
“Do not take your female slave as a wicked woman [bat beliya’al] for out of the abundance of my complaint and anger have I spoken until now” (I Samuel 1:16). R' Elazar said: From here the halakha that when a drunk person prays it is as if he engaged in idol worship is derived as it is written here t
The verse continues: “And Eli answered and said: May you go in peace” (I Samuel 1:17). R' Elazar said: From here the halakha is derived that one who suspects another of something that he has not done, he must appease him. Moreover, the one who suspected him must bless him, as Eli continued and off